/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      £1 GBP  or more

     

lyrics

I tell you who to worship
What fancy things to buy
The life I say you need I have for sale
Maneuvering the airwaves
To perpetuate my lie
My plots and schemes to rule you cannot fail

I am the puppet master
No one can ever know
That I am the puppet master
And I run the show

I threw the last election
I gently rigged the votes
The president has thanked me but he’ll know
He’s mine to do my bidding
As I hand him fists of notes
He’s here to make my ageless empire grow

I am the puppet master
No one can ever know
That I am the puppet master
And I run the show

I deal with the oilman
It’s a tricky, slicky field
He’ll keep pumping whilst my dollars fill his sack
And though the planet burns like hellfire
The truth remains concealed
Sure as chalk is white and coal is black

I am the puppet master
No one can ever know
That I am the puppet master
And I run the show

I own the guilty gunsmith
Your brother fights my war
I’ve money hedged on both the battling sides
Sell rifles to the richest
Keep down the peasant poor
Reveling as humanity divides

I am the puppet master
No one can ever know
That I am the puppet master
And I run the show

credits

from The Puppet Master and Other Folk Songs, released January 31, 2016

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Ryan Fox London, UK

Ryan Fox is a roots/folk singer-songwriter from Kent, UK. His gentle, smart, poetic lyrics and sweet, well-crafted melodies are inspired by Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Joni Mitchell, Donovan, Dylan Thomas, Percy Shelley, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, John Lennon, The Animals, The Byrds, Eagles, Bruce Springsteen, Elton John, The Beatles, Cast, Noel Gallagher and the Nashville TV series. ... more

contact / help

Contact Ryan Fox

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Ryan Fox, you may also like: